Display receptacle



Dec, 2.2.1925.y I

J. M. GREGORY 1,566,857

DISPLAY RE'GEPTACLE Filed May s. 1925 vPatented Dec. 22, i925.

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44JOIINKM. GREGORY, OFSKANEATELS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNGR TO CAMIJFIRE COM- PANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATEON OF 'WISCONSFL DISPLAY RECEPTACLE.

Application filed May 5, 1925.

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Be it known that I, JOHN M. GREGORY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Skaneateles, inthe county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a receptacle, designed "for use by storelreepers, and the like, for storing as well as for displayingvarious goods, such as candies, nuts, fruit, and other articles, and has for its object to provide novel, simple and convenient means for util.-

izing the receptacle that contains the `goods in bulk, for displaying a portion ofthe contents, and at the same time protecting the goods from the atmosphere, dust and dirt. A further object is to provide a relatively shallow7 tray which may be hinged to an ordinary telescoping cover, such as commonly employed for closing receptacles of this class, the cover being formed with an opening in its top, inwhich the tray may be sunk, and the mouth of the tray being closed by a transparent disc lor plate, which may be readily andquickly removed for affording access to the interior of the tray, while the tray and disc may be swung on its hinge away from the cover, for permitting access to the goods stored in the body of the receptacle. And a further object is to improve and simplify the construction arrangement and operation of display receptacles generally.

The various features and parts lof the invention will be understoodfrom the detailed description which follows, and by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a top plan view of the complete receptacle, to which my improvement is applied, a portion of the transparent disc being broken away for disclosing the goods in the tray. Fig. 2 is a broken elevation, and partial central vertical section, the latter being taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. And Fig. 3 is a modified view of the display tray.

In the drawing, 2 represents the body of an ordinary open top cylindrical can or box, having the usual circumferential rib 2, upon which rests a metallic band or hoop 3, corresponding to the usual depending flange of an ordinary telescoping can cover. The top of the hoop 3 preferably terminates in the same plane as the open circular top of the can, and may be snugly fitted to the can, or it Serial No. 28,228.

may be somewhat loose, and held in place by gravity. l represents generally my improved display device, which comprises a tray of any 'suitable depth, and preferably having a closed bottom Ll and a ilornlally open top Ll, the latter l'ieing shown formed with an overhunging folded circular flange el", for stillening the top. The vertical walls of the tray are preferably tapered for narrowing the bottom, whereby the tray may be readily and freely inserted in and removed from the mouth of the can. The contraction of the bottom 4 furthermore tends to hold any goods that may be disposed in the pan in the proper position for displaying the same. At one side, hereinafter referred to as the rear side, the flange Il is fitted with spaced hinge-loops, as 5, the said loops having a single leaf which may be rigidly secured to the underside of the iiange, as by soldering, in a well-known manner. The hoop 3 is also' fitted with a similar hingeloop 3', whose sole leaf 3, may also be soldered to the hoop. A pin 5 driven through the several loops, completes the hinge, by which the tray 4 may be swung towards and away from the can 2, as shown by dotted and full lines in Fig. 2. Adjacent the hinge, l provide a guard or stop 6, which when swung downwardly engages the rear side of the hoop 3, for arresting the opening movement of the tray. At the opposite sides of the hinge, and at corresponding angles from the center of the tray, the flange si is fitted with clips'or guards 7, which may be soldered or otherwise secured to the liange, the overhanging portions of said clips being spaced from the top face of the flange su'lliciently to receive a disc or plate of glass or other transparent material, as 8, by which the open top of the tray is closed. The clips T are disposed in a manner to permit the insertion of the glass from the front side of the can, and the clips are so positioned and spaced that the glass 8 may be removed and replaced, without requiring any loosening or disturbing of the clips, by simply elevating and lowering the forward edge of the glass, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The tray 4 may be lifted and swung on its hinge, by means of a handle or linger-grip 9, which is preferably rigidly soldered or otherwise fastened to the edge of the flange le diametrically opposite the hinge. This handle is formed with a substantially vertical shoulder (ill 9, directly opposite the front edge of the glass 8 when the .latter is in the closed position (see Fig. 2), the said shoulder serving to prevent accidental shitting of the glass away from the hinge. lnnnediately above the shoulder 9 the handle 9 curves upwardly and outwardly, and this peculiar formation permits the Jfront edge of the glass to be raised, as Well as moved bodily, in the direction for withdrawing its rear edge 'from be'- neath the clips 7. The glass 8 must be removed, as described, in order to gain access to the interior of the tray 4l. The goods, as 10, in the present case, Vare intended particularly to represent marshmallows or Caramels, which are usually mounted upon discs or sheets of cardboard, as 10, npon which the candy as a rule remains during shipment and storage, or until sold. According to the present showing, the main receptacle 2 is substantially filled with a number of stacked layers of the goods 10 (see dotted lines in Fig. 2), one of the layers having been removed from the can and placed in the tray a, for display purposes, while the disc l0 is shown resting upon the bottom 4t. The platters or discs 10 are shown slightly smaller than the diameter of the bottom 4l', and therefore tend to hold ythe discs and their loads of goods substantially concentric to the transparent plate 8, as shown in Fig. 1.

Obviously, instead of the construction shown in Fig. 2, the bottom may be formed with a relatively large opening lle, which is surrounded by an anular ledge 4f, as shown in Fig. 3. In this modified view the disc l0', that supports the goods, may be supported directly by the ledge 4e. This latter construction and arrangement reduces the amount of metal, and lessens the weight of the tray.

Having thus I claim, is y 1. The combination with an open top receptacle, and a hoop surrounding said top, ol a display tray closing the top of the receptacle comprising a circular flange adapted to overlap and rest upon the top margin of the receptacle, and a depending drawn portion that sinks concentrically into the receptacle,

described my invention, what a transparent disc for closing the mouth of the tray imposed upon said flange, clips mounted on the opposite sides of said liange for loosely holding the disc in place, means lor hinging the edge of said flange between said clips to said hoop, and a handle supported by the edge of said flange opposite the hinge and preventing the disc from shifting away from said clips.

Q. The combination with an open top receptacle, of a hoop telescoping the said top, display device closing the top end 01: said hoop comprising an annular ange of greater diameter than the hoop, which overlaps the hoop, and a shallow pan-lil-:e portion that extends into the open top of the receptacle, the said tlange being hinged to the hoop, and having a handle disposed diametrically opposite the hinge, for swinging the tray towards and away from the receptacle, a

ktransparent disc overlaying the said flange and being held from accidental displacement by said handle, and a plurality ol' clips carried by said flange for normally holding the nisc parallel to the flange.

8. The combination with an open top receptacle and a hoop surrounding said top, of a display cover comprising a drawn sheetmetal body having a closed bottom, the free edge of said cover being folded upon itself to form a circular reinforcing flange that overlaps the top margins oi the receptacle and said hoop, means for hinging one side of the cover to said hoop, a lstop mounted on said flange adjacent the hinge, similar clips mounted on said flange at corresponding angles from the center of the cover, a transparent disc held in place by said clipsand said flange, a handle for raising and lowering the cover, said handle being mounted on the forward edge of the flange, and a portion of said handle forming an abutment for preventing accidental shifting and release ot the disc, and said handle above said abutment being curved away from the cover 'for permitting the disc to be withdrawn troni said clips ln testimony whereolE l atlix my signature.

JOI-IN M. GREGORY. 

